Exclusive- Parrikar on Strategic Partnership Clause- When?
Neelam Mathews May 15, 2016 As India's DPP awaits the Strategic Partnership clause to take off, Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar told AerospaceDiary this could be possible "after hearing all the stakeholders getting their apprehensions on board." He added: "We should start with one or two strategic platforms (though) I have nothing specific in mind so that we can also learn from their experience. It's a new kind of thing so you need to be careful there has to be proper thinking on all aspects including (the) most important is transparency and financial competency. On why the decision had slowed down, He said: "Nothing is getting stopped. But when something is new, it has to be thought over. People don't want to come out of their cocoon, so there is either objection or apprehensions. So we have to take care of all those." While a lot Parrikar said made sense, this govt has to ensure it does'nt go in its predecessor's footsteps as ...